Joe run that also served as the beginning of the Transformers: Generation 2 line and paved the way for regular unions between the two IPs in the future. This crossover put the Joe squad and the Autobots together in order to defeat Cobra and the Decepticons, accompanied by the return of Optimus Prime and Megatron after their downfall in the main comic run.Īnother crossover took place years later within the main G.I. Therefore, it wasn’t until 1987 when the IPs first met within a four-issue limited comic book series published by Marvel Comics and written by Michael Higgins, titled G.I. Joe figures were released in 1964, twenty years before the Transformers’ debut in 1984. Even though both IPs originate from a Hasbro toy line, the G.I.